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Cindy Cowan is a big deal in the filmmaking business. She has produced some of the biggest studios films in Hollywood with some of the most well-known A-listers through IEG, the production company she co-founded with Graham King. During her tenure as president, IEG had successes that included an Emmy nomination for Rent-A-Kid; Emmy, Golden […]

Latin Business Today (LBT) chats with entrepreneur, producer and songwriter Cindy Cowan who co-founded Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) with Graham King in 1995, and it became the leading film production and foreign sales company. Her latest entity is Cindy Cowan Entertainment and Omni Cultural TV Fest. All photos property of Cindy Cowan. LBT: Cindy please tell us […]

The Hollywood Women’s Film Festival is June 14–18th We invite you to join us walking in the footsteps of the women pioneers in writing, directing and producing, Mary Pickford, Alice Guy Blache, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Hedy Lamar, Lucille Ball, Marion Davies, Tressie Souders, Lillian Gish, Marion Wong and all the women film pioneers. In […]

Cindy is also the Co-Founder of the upcoming 1st annual Omni Cultural TV fest 5/1/2019 The Omni Cultural TV Fest is a one of a kind opportunity for independent content creators and producers to showcase their ideas for television and Over-The-Top (OTT) distribution. More Information

Cindy Cowan has optioned the book, and will produce with Steve Bersch and Scott Strauss overseeing the project. Screen Gems’ Brian Dukes will oversee for the studio. True Haunting is the terrifying true story of the first televised exorcism on NBC in 1971. Millions around the country watched the program. The NBC news segment was […]

Seinfeld superfans may know that creator Larry David really did have a kooky neighbor named Kramer in his New York City apartment building. But unlike the classic sitcom, the real Manhattan high-rise on which it’s based had an even more impressive cast of characters, including Angela Lansbury, Terrence Howard, Alicia Keys, Donald Faison and Samuel […]

Avoiding the crush of tourists in Times Square may seem like a miracle these days. But a documentary called “Miracle on 42nd Street” highlights how big of a feat it was to transform the once-seedy area into such a hub — and how an affordable refuge for performing artists, Manhattan Plaza, played a pivotal role […]

“Miracle on 42nd Street” is a documentary detailing the story of the iconic apartment complex in Manhattan that was home to several artists during the late 1970s: The Manhattan Plaza. The hour-long film will have its world premiere on November 11 during the DOC NYC festival. It is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor and Bronx native Chazz […]

Sad to say, but even in 2016, there are simply not enough women in Hollywood running things behind the scenes. While women do represent significantly on the silver screen, they are underrepresented as decision-makers behind the silver screen. Studies abound that demonstrate the dearth of women as directors, producers and executives in film and television. […]

Listen to the interview via MVMNT365.com Some of the sweetest gifts come unexpectedly, and meeting kindred spirit, Cindy Cowan was certainly one of them…a welcomed treat to the start of my day in Los Angeles. For those unfamiliar with Cindy… she is a successful American film producer and songwriter and is the former president and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Millennium Films just bought the action spec Eye In the Sky, about an LAPD helicopter squad that tries to nab a Mexican drug lord who has come to Los Angeles to celebrate his niece’s quinceanera. A cat-and-mouse pursuit ensues from the sky as law enforcement tries to capture him. Mark Gill brought the project […]

Boy George hopes you’ll tumble 4 him all over again. The 1980s pop star is moving to America, and bringing reality TV cameras with him. Bunim-Murray Productions, the company behind The Real World (and a producer of Keeping Up with the Kardashians) is partnering with Boy George to produce a reality docu-series about the next […]

New Reality Docu-Series in Development Boy George and Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), producers of longstanding reality franchises Real World, Project Runway and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, are partnering with Boy George’s Manager Paul Kemsley and award-winning producer Cindy Cowan to develop a reality docu-series chronicling the icon’s move from London to Los Angeles. “If Marge […]

“Cindy Cowan is a successful producer who has her life in balance with a wonderful inspirational relationship to boot.” Cindy you are the epitome of balance and I love what you have been doing to empower women. As a producer, are you working on anything that we as women should see? The thing I strive […]

Cindy Cowan is a one-woman powerhouse, proving with each new project and each new success that Hollywood is not just a man’s playground. With Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated If These Walls Could Talk and Academy Award-winning Traffic to her credit and Red Lights starring Robert De Niro completed among many more artistic ventures, Cowan is […]

Hollywood’s elite is filled with black ties and Mr. this and that. It’s also got beautiful, strong and powerful women, who are taking charge in executive decision making, women like Cindy Cowan. We sat down with this true leading lady, as she takes us on her journey of success in Hollywood including her smashing success […]

Playing like a cross between THE CONJURING (2013) and NOW YOU SEE ME (2013), RED LIGHTS is a nifty little psychological thriller. Even though it falls just short of hitting the mark, it deserves credit for an unconventional narrative and a clever twist ending. Like I said in my January 6th review of INTRUDERS, I […]

Opening in theatres this Friday from director/writer Michael J. Gallager and Level 10 Films and distributed by AMC theatres is the scary tale of SMILEY. This film tells the story of young college student Ashley (Caitlin Gerard), returning to school after a nervous breakdown she moves in with Proxie (Melanie Papalia). Immediately the two click […]

Melding the urban legend to the Internet meme, the film “Smiley,” directed by young YouTube auteur Michael Gallagher from a script he co-wrote with Glasgow Phillips, is a surprisingly effective low-budget horror film that takes as its true villain the casual cynicism and nihilistic misanthropy that so often go along with online culture. In the film, a story circulates […]

After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley’s next victim. REVIEW: SYNOPSIS: I did it for the lulz I did it for the lulz I did it for the […]

The Be The Link Campaign is the first of its kind to raise awareness for HIV and AIDs, visually linking 250 influential people in a voice of unity. The goal is to destroy the stigma surrounding the disease and to highlight the need for access to HIV treatment for those who need it. … New […]

Although HIV infection is completely preventable, every 9½ minutes, someone in the United States is infected with the virus. That person could be you ­ or someone you know – your brother, sister, father, mother, friend, co-worker, or neighbor. It is important for everyone to get the facts, talk about HIV/AIDS with partners and loved […]

The scene in the darkened seance room at the Magic Castle clubhouse for magicians quickly takes a drastic turn for the weird. Mysterious organ music hits a frenzied crescendo over the sounds of disembodied voices as a large black table rises off the ground. In the Victorian-decorated chamber, it seems to float in the air. […]

“WOW! We have never seen Robert De Niro quite like this! Check out the theatrical trailer for Red Lights, which stars the actor as a legendary psychic who reappears after a 30 year absence and attracts the attention of two paranormal hoax investigators, played by Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy (above)! As you can imagine, […]

“It is never too early in the year to start talking about next year’s Oscar race or the newest, hottest face on the planet. We’re smack in the middle of the best-of-2011 awards season, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today (and runs till Jan. 29) in Park City, Utah, and there is so […]

What you see, you can’t believe. What you can’t understand, though, can ultimately be explained. This is the modus operandi for Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and assistant Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), parapsychologists primarily interested in debunking supernatural phenomena. “When I see hoof prints,” she says, “I think of horses, not unicorns.” They work out of […]

The big pick-ups at Sundance 2012 At the bustling Sundance Film Festival, it’s hard to keep up with acquisition news, so we’ve devised this handy guide to remind you which film went where. Some of 2012’s big pick-ups include the Robert De Niro film “Red Lights,” the femme-centric thriller “Black Rock,” Bradley Cooper in “The Words,” […]

‘Docile approach’ proves good for biz after wild 2011 Everyone has been keeping their cool, meaning the right films have been going to the right distributors for the right price at Sundance. The consensus at this year’s fest is that sanity has prevailed, with buyers taking care not to overspend and sellers waiting to carefully […]

Bill Lee’s shingle will distrib the De Niro starre PARK CITY, Utah — Millennium Entertainment has “Red Lights” in its sights, as CEO Bill Lee’s distribution company has closed a deal to acquire U.S. rights to Rodrigo Cortes’ paranormal thriller. The twisting psychological thriller from the director of “Buried” premiered Friday night at the jam-packed […]

Before the premiere of “Red Lights,” a movie about paranormal activity, we asked the cast to tell us their thoughts about the metaphysical world. Did your thoughts on paranormal activity change after working on this film? Actor Cillian Murphy: “I guess I had more of an insight, definitely. I read a lot of material on […]

After my interview with Rodrigo Cortés’ Red Lights executive producer Cindy Cowan, I was eagerly anticipating this world premiere that had an all-star cast including Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert DeNiro, Elizabeth Olsen, and Toby Jones. Click through for the review. Red Lights is a Sundance film with a lot of mystery surrounding it, and […]